Introduction to Psychology 10th Edition by Rod Plotnik,Haig Kouyoumdjian

Exercise 6

There is a technique of behavior therapy in which the client is gradually exposed to the feared object while simultaneously practicing relaxation. This technique, which involves three steps-learning to relax, constructing a hierarchy with the least feared situation on the bottom and the most feared situation at the top, and being progressively exposed to the feared situation-is called _____.